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October 1983 Monroe County, Michigan Class A #811

Two boys, out "hunting" with BB guns, witness a seven foot tall creature on two legs.

The witness claims to have shot an unidentified being with a BB gun. The being reportedly produced a loud scream compared to a woman's scream. The witness was with a relative at the time in a wooded area near a cement plant.

Scream
September 1983 Lowell, Kent County, Michigan Class A #805

witness heard footsteps.

The witness was walking home alone on a gravel road when they noticed footsteps that seemed to stop and start with their own steps. They then saw a very large, hairy humanoid shape behind them that stared before moving, which frightened them into running to a lit section of road. The witness also noticed an odd smell and heard nearby hound dogs barking frantically.

Full-body sightingFootstepsOdor
Fall 1983 Palo, Ionia County, Michigan Class A #26372

Homeowner recalls a sighting outside her window and hearing strange vocalizations near Palo

The witness was preparing to bathe at home in the evening when she noticed a tall, dark, shaggy figure standing only feet from the bathroom window. Its head and shoulders filled much of a window set about six feet off the ground, though its face could not be seen clearly. Frightened by the encounter, she later removed the window and plastered over the opening.

Partial sighting
10 October 1982 Watson, Delta County, Michigan Class A #20202

Motorist sighting on County Road 426 between Cornell and Watson

In the fall of 1982 the witness was driving at dusk and noticed a tall hair-covered figure standing at the edge of the road. She slowed and observed it for several seconds, noting its long arms, dark face and red-glowing eyes. The figure then jumped quickly into a nearby swamp as she drove away.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
September 1981 Yale, St. Clair County, Michigan Class A #821

a family reports repeated encounters on their farm. (From newspaper articles.)

Two young family members went to the barn after dark to check animals and one touched fur in the dark and then saw a tall furry biped with red eyes. The creature followed as they left the barn without harming them. An older relative then confronted it with a shotgun, fired in the air, and it ran into the woods making a noise.

Full-body sightingEyeshineGrowlUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
November 1980 Brooklyn, Lenawee County, Michigan Class A #29178

Passenger recalls a nighttime sighting near Brooklyn

The witness was riding as a passenger in a car driven by a relative on a Sunday evening trip. A large hairy bipedal creature crossed the road in front of the car from one side to the other within a few seconds. All three occupants reportedly saw it, which was described as reddish in color, moving with fast graceful speed, with no head discernible.

Partial sightingRoad crossing
September 1980 Luna Pier, Monroe County, Michigan Class A #38155

Man recalls close range daylight sighting while squirrel hunting near Monroe

The witness was squirrel hunting in a small farm woodlot on a sunny mid-morning when noisy birds in the underbrush drew attention. At a bend in a lane the witness saw a tall reddish-brown hairy biped standing off the trail about 25 yards away and they stared at each other without moving. After a standoff the creature raked berries from a shrub and ate them while glancing between the shrub and the witness. The witness slowly backed away out of sight, then walked fast and ran from the woodlot.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour
12 August 1980 Roscommon, Roscommon County, Michigan Class A #4613

Two firefighters have near collision with animal north of Houghton Lake.

Two occupants in a van late at night braked for a large bipedal animal crossing the road. The passenger described a close, brief view in the headlights as the animal passed the van and left the roadway in a few steps. An oncoming vehicle left the road into a ditch during the encounter. The occupants discussed what they had seen after driving on.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
18 October 1979 Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan Class A #20423

Sighting by two teenagers in woods near Albion

The witness and a companion were walking through an overgrown orchard near the witness's home in late afternoon when they heard a loud stomping sound nearby. They then saw the partial rear view of a large upright hair-covered animal moving away into dense brush while making a guttural sound, and both fled to the house. Deep ground impressions, broken trees, and loud screams were also noted around the time of the encounter.

Partial sightingVocalizationScreamFootstepsTracks +1
June 1979 I Believe It Was Manistique, Mich, Mackinac County, Michigan Class A #20173

Motorist describes nighttime sighting/encounter in headlights on US-2, west of St. Ignace

Late at night the witness was driving east through a national forest when he noticed red eyeshine in the road ahead. He braked to a stop and found a very tall, slender, fur-covered figure standing in front of the vehicle, staring at him for about a minute and a half. The figure then walked off the road, crossed to the nearby tree line while looking back several times, and disappeared into the forest.

Full-body sightingEyeshineOdor
January 1979 Oscoda, Iosco County, Michigan Class A #236

Couple sees 7-8' tall "ape-like creature" in Tuttle Marsh

On a snowy pre-dawn morning, the witness and his wife returned to his ground blind to look for a deer wounded the prior evening. As snow began, they watched a tall, ape-like, fur-covered biped approach and walk past the blind for about ten minutes before they left quickly through deep snow. The witness estimated its height at 7-8 feet by comparing it to tree limbs relative to his own height.

Full-body sighting
November 1978 Cedar Springs, Kent County, Michigan Class A #22802

Man recalls spotting a sasquatch watching him while hunting deer north of Grand Rapids

The witness was deer hunting alone at dusk from a snow-covered cornfield in western Michigan. Feeling watched, he looked behind to the treeline and saw a tall, dark-haired figure watching him from 150-200 yards away. He watched it through his rifle scope for two to three minutes, then became frightened and ran home across the road. The figure showed no aggression and only stood and stared.

Full-body sighting
September 1978 Manistique, Schoolcraft County, Michigan Class A #2554

Woman wakes to find sasquatch staring at her son while in her car

The witness stopped to nap in her parked car with her infant son at a rustic picnic area at night. She awoke to a horrible smell and saw a dark-haired bipedal creature 3-4 feet away, leaning over the hood and staring through the windshield. After a few minutes of it staring, she started the car, reversed, and drove away east.

Partial sightingOdor
July 1978 Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan Class A #31444

Woman recalls being paralyzed by fear during childhood sighting near Lake Hudson State Park

When the witness was about 10, she was picking raspberries near a river bridge while her family fished nearby on a hot clear summer day. She heard a slight rustle, looked up, and saw a large black ape-like figure watching her from the wooded side of the dense patch. She described freezing with fear, then running to her parents without looking back. No other family members saw the figure.

SilhouettePartial sightingUnidentified sound
Summer 1978 Fowlerville, Livingston County, Michigan Class A #23481

Juvenile Bigfoot crosses road and clears a fence near Fowlerville

Two siblings in a vehicle in the early evening watched a small upright hair-covered creature run across the road in front of them. It crossed from an open field toward a forested area about 15 feet away and cleared an approximately 4-foot livestock fence in a single fluid leap without breaking stride. The witnesses called it a baby Bigfoot with very dark brown/black hair and said the leap convinced them it was not a person in a suit.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
October 1977 Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan Class A #29615

Nighttime sighting remembered while driving southeast of Kalkaska

While driving home from Kalkaska after dark, the occupants of a vehicle noticed eye-shine in the headlights beside the road. The headlights revealed a small, very light-colored Bigfoot-like figure that had been sitting with its leg crossed on a log in a small clearing near a cedar swamp. Startled by the light, it stood up and walked casually into the woods and disappeared.

EyeshineFull-body sighting
September 1977 Midland, Midland County, Michigan Class A #1811

Witness and cousin see "hairy brown man-like creature" watching them

The witness and two young companions went to play on large grapevines near a cabin they were building in the woods. The witness looked up and saw a brown hairy human-like figure sitting against a fence post with legs bent and arms around legs. The witness screamed and the companions ran with the witness, with one companion also seeing the figure. On one backward glance the witness saw the figure standing upright.

Full-body sighting
1977–1978 Seney, Schoolcraft County, Michigan Class A #20457

Nighttime sighting by Air Force personnel near Seney National Wildlife Refuge

In winter 1977-1978 the witness and a companion were driving east on M-28 near Seney around 1:30 a.m. They saw a figure crossing the road ahead, backlit by headlights from beyond a knoll. The figure moved hunched over, then stood upright in the middle of the road showing broad manlike shoulders, arms, torso and a defined head before slouching and continuing across. They slowed near the spot and looked for tracks but spent little time searching due to cold and unease.

Road crossingSilhouette
Summer 1976 Brighton, Livingston County, Michigan Class A #806

ape-like creature seen by witnesses.

The witness, then age eight, was walking east along railroad tracks with a nine-year-old companion picking up rocks when they smelled a strong distinct odor near a bridge over a river. While crossing the bridge the companion pointed over the south side, and the witness saw a dark-brown fur-covered ape-like figure with very massive shoulders crouching on the east bank about twenty feet below looking into the water. After watching for about five to seven seconds, the two children ran east to the companion's home.

Partial sightingOdor
November 1974 Remus, Isabella County, Michigan Class A #861

Cub Scouts see two different colored creatures

The witness was fishing with five other boys near a house on Rolland Road when a breaking-log sound drew attention to a large dark hairy biped crouching in the woods east of the road. The boys ran to the house, and about an hour later they saw a lighter-colored hairy biped in the field west of the road while crashing sounds continued in the woods.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound